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Land To The West Of 28 Skipton Road Earby Lancashire

21/0540/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 October 2021

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Change of use of car park to hand carwash and valet with associated parking; siting of site office cabin and canopy; erection of a mesh security fence and sliding gates to south-east and north-east boundaries and 2m high jet wash screen.

Received
24 June 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Earby & Coates
Agent
BH Town Planning
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To The West Of 28 Skipton Road Earby Lancashire. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 8 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Earby conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Earby & Coates.

85% of full applications at Pendle Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Earby Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2021
Consultation expiry
3 August 2021
Consultation start
2 July 2021
Consultation end
23 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
5 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 July 2021
Last date for comments
3 August 2021
Target decision date
23 September 2021
Committee meeting
5 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
BH Town Planning
Agent address
BH Town Planning 351 Holyhead Coventry West Midlands CV5 8LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 July 2021
Advertisement expiry
30 July 2021
Site notice start
13 July 2021
Site notice end
3 August 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/0023/AP/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3288378
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 July 2022Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
46
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Earby

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Pendle

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